This course will focus on improving the writing and communication skills of the students through essays, a research paper, vocabulary, and grammar studies. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a variety of classics in world literature from several genres, including poetry, novels, dramas, and short stories.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
Call of the Wild
A Christmas Carol
Hound of the Baskervilles
The Miracle Worker
Romeo and Juliet
To Kill a Mockingbird
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
This course will focus on improving the writing and communication skills of the students through essays, a research paper, vocabulary, and grammar studies. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a variety of classics in world literature from several genres, including poetry, novels, dramas, and short stories.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
Call of the Wild
A Christmas Carol
Hound of the Baskervilles
The Miracle Worker
Romeo and Juliet
To Kill a Mockingbird
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
Blue or black ink pens
Red ink pen
Loose-leaf notebook paper